Will Brown (racing driver)

William Brown (born 5 June 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the Repco Supercars Championship with Triple Eight Race Engineering, driving the No. 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.[1] In 2017, Brown received the Mike Kable Young Gun Award, and was also awarded The Peter Brock Medal by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) for his outstanding year in racing.

William Brown
Will Brown in 2023
Nationality Australian
Born (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 25)
Toowoomba, Queensland
Racing licence FIA Gold
Previous series
2015-16
2015-16
2016
2017-20
2019 & 22
Australian Formula Ford
Australian Formula 4
Australian Toyata 86 Series
Super2 Series
TCR Australia
Championship titles
2016
2016
2019
Australian Formula 4
Australian Toyota 86 Series
TCR Australia
Supercars Championship career
Car number87 (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
Championships0
Races109
Wins8
Podiums21
Pole positions4
2023 position5th (2264 pts)
NASCAR Cup Series career
Car no., teamNo. 33 (Richard Childress Racing)
WinsTop tensPoles
000

With championship wins in both the Australian Formula 4 and the Australian Toyota Racing Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year.

Early career

Karting

Brown started his career in karting in 2011 at the age of thirteen. He won numerous championships in his junior years and had an 80% win rate. He moved up the ranks and competed in the inaugural CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship in 2015 with team BRM.[1]

Formula 4

On the back of his karting form, Brown was signed by AGI Sport to race in the inaugural FIA Formula 4 Australia Championship and claimed victory in the first ever race. Brown was a championship contender for the Formula 4 championship in 2015, winning 3 of the 15 races that season. He finished third overall and crowned Rookie of the Year after his impressive debut.

In 2016, he signed with BRM and recorded six race wins and 12 podiums from 18 races to be crowned Formula 4 Australia Champion. Brown took the title with one round and one race remaining after a controversial race in Tasmania, where he was involved in a collision with rivals Nick Rowe and Jordan Love.

Formula Ford

Brown competed in the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship. Despite missing the first three rounds due to a date clash with Formula 4, Brown would go on to secure P2 in the 2016 championship, with multiple wins and podiums.

Toyota 86 Racing Series

Brown also competed in the one-make Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series in 2016, claiming the Series Title in a field of 39 drivers. With championship wins in both the Australian Formula 4 and the Australian Toyota Racing Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year.

Professional career

Super2 Series

For the 2017 racing season, Brown was picked up by Eggleston Motorsport to replace the outgoing Liam McAdam.[2][3] He scored a best finish of 3rd at Symmons Plains and was on course to win the final race of the season in Newcastle before blowing a gearbox. He finished ninth in the championship overall.

TCR Series

In 2019 we drove in the new TCR Australia Touring Car Series. He was crowned champion with one round remaining.[4]

2020 Junior Driver Program

In 2020 Hyundai Motorsport named Brown in the 2020 Junior Driver Program as one of four drivers who will race Hyndai Motorsport TCR cars in some of the leading championships in the category. Outside of Europe, Will Brown will represent the Customer Racing Junior Driver Program. Brown dominated the inaugural Australian TCR season with 7 wins in his debut driving TCR cars. He remains with HMO Customer Racing team to defend his title.[5]

Erebus Motorsport

2018

Brown was named as a Supercars Endurance Cup co-driver, partnering Anton de Pasquale with Erebus Motorsport, where he immediately showed his elite driving ability throughout the 3 race series. He continued to make solid progress in his Dunlop Super2 Series landing P6 in the 2018 Driver’s Championship with Eggleston Motorsport

2019

Again partnering with Anton de Pasquale at Erebus Motorsport in the Supercars championship, Brown’s talent was on show finishing P2 behind Craig Lowndes and ahead of Garth Tander in the Co-driver Race, taking his first podium in the series. Furthermore, Brown also accepted a drive in the inaugural S5000 series, competing alongside former Ferrari F1 legend Rubens Barrichello.

2020

Brown began 2020 with a multi year signing with Penrite Racing, that would see him compete in the Virgin Australia Supercars series as a co-driver to David Reynolds in 2020, before becoming a full time driver for the team from 2021. The Supercars Enduro Cup was reduced to a single race at Bathurst for 2020, where Brown and Reynolds finished P15 due to engine issues.

2021

Brown performed strongly in his first full-time Supercars season, achieving his first Supercars podium with second place in Race 22 at Sydney Motorsport. He went on to score a maiden Armor All Pole Position the next weekend, starting in P1 for Race 23 - again at Sydney Motorsport Park - but had to wait until Race 28 to claim his first Supercars race win. A stunning drive saw the Red Bull Australia drivers pressure Brown, but he held his nerve for become the 82nd driver to win an ATCC/Supercars race. He is the first rookie driver to win a Supercars race since 2013, when Scott McLaughlin and Chaz Mostert both took victories in their first full-time season.

NASCAR

On May 15, 2024, it was announced that Brown will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.[6][7][8][9][10]

Business career

In 2021, Brown partnered with fellow Supercars driver David Reynolds to create the Cartopia platform, with the goal to create a better car sales experience for both dealers and consumers. Launching in January 2021, Cartopia offers online vehicle search and purchasing via its website.

Career results

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesPosition
2013Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light5th
2014Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light2nd
Australian Junior Clubman Kart Championship3rd

Circuit racing career

SeasonSeriesPosition
2015Australian Formula 4 Championship3rdMygale F4 - FordAGI Sport
Australian Formula Ford Series9thMygale SJ12A - FordRace Academy
2016Australian Formula 4 Championship1stMygale F4 - FordTeam BRM
Australian Formula Ford Series2ndMygale SJ12A - FordBF Racing
Victorian Formula Ford Championship4thMygale SJ12A - FordRace Academy
Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series1stToyota 86 GTWill Brown Motorsport
Mazda Road to Indy Shootout6thRay GR-RSCLucas Oil School of Racing
2017Dunlop Super2 Series9thHolden VF CommodoreEggleston Motorsport
2018Dunlop Super2 Series6thHolden VF CommodoreEggleston Motorsport
Supercars Championship45thHolden ZB CommodoreErebus Motorsport
2019Dunlop Super2 Series12thHolden VF CommodoreEggleston Motorsport
TCR Australia1stHyundai i30 N TCHMO Customer Racing
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship41stHolden ZB CommodoreErebus Motorsport
Australian S5000 ChampionshipN/CLigier - Ford Coyote V8Eggleston Motorsport
2020Super2 Series2ndHolden VF CommodoreImage Racing
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship40thHolden ZB CommodoreErebus Motorsport
2021Repco Supercars Championship8thHolden ZB CommodoreErebus Motorsport
2022Repco Supercars Championship14thHolden ZB CommodoreErebus Motorsport
TCR Australia2ndAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)Melbourne Performance Centre
2023Repco Supercars Championship5thCamaro ZL1-1LEErebus Motorsport
TCR Australia11thAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)Melbourne Performance Centre
TCR World Tour10th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCar12345678PositionPoints
2017Eggleston MotorsportHolden VF CommodoreADE
6
SYM
6
PHI
7
TOW
9
SYD
8
SAN
5
BAT
8
NEW
17
9th1078
2018Eggleston MotorsportHolden VF CommodoreADE
4
SYM
8
BAR
17
TOW
9
SAN
14
BAT
13
NEW
3
6th1068
2019Eggleston MotorsportHolden VF CommodoreADE
13
BAR
3
TOW
14
QLD
11
BAT
Ret
SAN
2
NEW
13
12th960
2020Image RacingHolden VF CommodoreADE
3
ADE
3
ADE
2
SYD
1
SYD
4
BAT
1
BAT
3
2nd813

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323435PositionPoints
2018Erebus MotorsportHolden ZB CommodoreADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13

PO
WIN
R14

PO
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

PO
QLD
R20

PO
SMP
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
QR

12
SAN
R24

12
BAT
R25

24
SUR
R26
Ret
SUR
R27
C
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
49th204
2019Erebus MotorsportHolden ZB CommodoreADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7

PO
SYM
R8

PO
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21
PO
BEN
R22
PO
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26
11
SUR
R27
8
SAN
QR

2
SAN
R28

10
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
41st338
2020Erebus MotorsportHolden ZB CommodoreADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SMP1
R7
SMP1
R8
SMP1
R9
SMP2
R10
SMP2
R11
SMP2
R12
HID1
R13
HID1
R14
HID1
R15
HID2
R16
HID2
R17
HID2
R18
TOW1
R19
TOW1
R20
TOW1
R21
TOW2
R22
TOW2
R23
TOW2
R24
BEN1
R25
BEN1
R26
BEN1
R27
BEN2
R28
BEN2
R29
BEN2
R30
BAT
R31

15
40th120
2021Erebus MotorsportHolden ZB CommodoreBAT1
R1

16
BAT1
R2

14
SAN
R3
16
SAN
R4
16
SAN
R5
7
SYM
R6
9
SYM
R7
5
SYM
R8
15
BEN
R9
11
BEN
R10
13
BEN
R11
24
HID
R12

4
HID
R13

8
HID
R14

10
TOW1
R15

18
TOW1
R16

5
TOW2
R17
10
TOW2
R18
Ret
TOW2
R19
12
SMP1
R20

5
SMP1
R21

11
SMP1
R22

2
SMP2
R23
11
SMP2
R24
6
SMP2
R25
6
SMP3
R26
3
SMP3
R27
8
SMP3
R28
1
SMP4
R29
7
SMP4
R30
C
BAT2
R31

20
8th1838
2022Erebus MotorsportHolden ZB CommodoreSMP
R1

7
SMP
R2

8
SYM
R3

13
SYM
R4

12
SYM
R5

15
MEL
R6

17
MEL
R7

23
MEL
R8

24
MEL
R9

8
BAR
R10

17
BAR
R11

Ret
BAR
R12

5
WIN
R13

27
WIN
R14

6
WIN
R15

5
HID
R16

Ret
HID
R17

20
HID
R18

7
TOW
R19
11
TOW
R20
19
BEN
R21
20
BEN
R22
7
BEN
R23
6
SAN
R24
4
SAN
R25
3
SAN
R26
11
PUK
R27
19
PUK
R28
Ret
PUK
R29
DNS
BAT
R30

10
SUR
R31
24
SUR
R32
11
ADE
R33

22
ADE
R34

6
14th1714
2023Erebus MotorsportCamaro ZL1-1LENEW
R1

4
NEW
R2

13
MEL
R3
3
MEL
R4
6
MEL
R5
3
MEL
R6
23
BAR
R7
16
BAR
R8
1
BAR
R9
2
SYM
R10
1
SYM
R11
3
SYM
R12
1
HID
R13
7
HID
R14
5
HID
R15
6
TOW
R16
1
TOW
R17
6
SMP
R18

3
SMP
R19

14
BEN
R20
Ret
BEN
R21
13
BEN
R22
13
SAN
R23

4
BAT
R24

8
SUR
R25
11
SUR
R26
11
ADE
R27
Ret
ADE
R28
14
5th2264
2024Triple Eight Race EngineeringChevrolet Camaro ZL1BAT1
R1

2
BAT1
R2

1
MEL
R3
2
MEL
R4
1
MEL
R5
2
MEL
R6
2
TAU
R7
9
TAU
R8
1
BAR
R9
BAR
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
SMP
R15
SMP
R16
SYM
R17
SYM
R18
SAN
R19
BAT2
R20
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
ADE
R23
ADE
R24
1st*575*

Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2018Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB Anton de Pasquale24th143
2019Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB Anton de PasqualeDNF125
2020Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB David Reynolds15th160
2021Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB Jack Perkins20th150
2022Erebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB Jack Perkins10th161
2023Erebus MotorsportChevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Jack Perkins8th161
2024Triple Eight Race EngineeringChevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Scott Pye

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2018 MARC Cars Australia Keith Kassulke
Rod Salmon
MARC II V8 - Ford V8Invitational25818th1st
2017 MARC Cars Australia Keith Kassulke
Rod Salmon
MARC II V8 - Ford V8Invitational27017th1st
2022 Nineteen Corporation Jack Perkins
Mark Griffith
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoA–GT3 Pro-Am33DNF
2024 Triple Eight Race Engineering Broc Feeney
Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoPro2756th6th

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PositionPoints
2019HMO Customer RacingHyundai i30 N TCRSMP
R1

3
SMP
R2

1
SMP
R3

1
PHI
R4

2
PHI
R5

2
PHI
R6

1
BEN
R7

2
BEN
R8

1
BEN
R9

5
QLD
R10

16
QLD
R11

10
QLD
R12

8
WIN
R13

2
WIN
R14

1
WIN
R15

1
SAN
R16

2
SAN
R17

7
SAN
R18

7
BEN
R19

1
BEN
R20

2
BEN
R21

3
1st743
2022Melbourne Performance CentreAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)SYM
R1

7
SYM
R2

4
SYM
R3

13
PHI
R4

18
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

2
BAT
R7

4
BAT
R8

10
BAT
R9

7
SMP
R10

Ret
SMP
R11

10
SMP
R12

6
QLD
R13

8
QLD
R14

2
QLD
R15

4
SAN
R16

2
SAN
R17

3
SAN
R18

1
BAT
R19

6
BAT
R20

C
BAT
R21

1
2nd677
2023Melbourne Performance CentreAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)SYM
R1

DNS
SYM
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

DNS
PHI
R4

Ret
PHI
R5

11
PHI
R6

8
WIN
R7
WIN
R8
WIN
R9
QLD
R13

1
QLD
R14

3
QLD
R15

1
SAN
R16

2
SAN
R17

Ret
SAN
R18

DNS
SMP
R19

1
SMP
R20

1
SMP
R21

3
BAT
R16

13
BAT
R17

Ret
BAT
R18

DNS
11th442

TCR World Tour results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PositionPoints
2023Melbourne Performance CentreAudi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)ALG
R1
ALG
R2
SPA
R3
SPA
R4
VAL
R5
VAL
R6
HUN
R7
HUN
R8
VBF
R9
VBF
R10
JCB
R11
JCB
R12
SMP
R13

1
SMP
R14

1
SMP
R15

3
BAT
R16

13
BAT
R17

Ret
BAT
R18

DNS
MAC
R19
MAC
R20
10th95

Complete S5000 results

YearSeriesTeam123456PositionPoints
2019ExhibitionEggleston MotorsportSAN
R1

5
SAN
R2

6
SAN
M

4
BMP
R1

5
BMP
R2

4
BMP
M

3
N/C-

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NCSCPtsRef
2024Richard Childress Racing33ChevyDAYATLLVSPHOBRICOARCHMARTEXTALDOVKANDARCLTGTWSONIOWNHANSHCSCPOCINDRCHMCHDAYDARATLGLNBRIKANTALROVLVSHOMMARPHO-*-*

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jordan Lloyd
Winner of the Australian Formula 4 Championship
2016
Succeeded by
Nicholas Rowe
Preceded by
Inaugural
Winner of the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series
2016
Succeeded by
Jimmy Vernon
Preceded by
Inaugural
Winner of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series
2019
Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2017
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